The Etna Lions varsity baseball team could not come away with wins in two games versus a pair of higher division Northern Section teams on Wednesday.

The Lions, a Division 5 squad, lost to Division 2 team West Valley 4-1 and were crushed by Division 1 school Shasta 11-1. Etna is taking part in a four-day tournament hosted by Central Valley, the team they lost to 13-8 to open the tourney on Tuesday. Wednesday's games were played in Redding.

Head coach Collin Krueger said that the team struggled with its hitting in both games, which stalled any chance of coming away with a win or two on Wednesday.

In the first game against West Valley, ace pitcher Preston Munson, while not pitching his strongest game, was solid, Krueger said. He finished with eight strikeouts after pitching a no-hitter in his previous start last weekend against Trinity. The Lions earned its one run in the sixth when Kainen Krueger scored on a sacrifice fly by Harrison Hogan. Coach Krueger said that Nick Meyer played well on Wednesday and finished 2-for-4 in game one. Catcher Zack Fleener did well behind the plate in both games, Krueger said, as well as performing well from the plate. He went 2-for-3 in game one.

Krueger said there was not much to say about game two as Shasta piled on the runs from the start. A highlight, Krueger said, was that Kainen Krueger threw well in three innings of relief for the Lions. Etna fell to 9-9 overall.